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Jackson joins Cardinals double-digit runs yielded list

On Wednesday, while marking his second start wearing the St. Louis Cardinals uniform, right-hander Edwin Jackson was hammered in Milwaukee. The home club plated ten runs, eight earned, in Jackson’s seven innings. Manager Tony La Russa chose to keep Jackson in the game to “take one for the team” rather than risk overworking the bullpen. In the process, the Cardinals lost the three-game set to the first-place Brewers.

In that performance, Jackson became the 18th Cardinals pitcher charged with ten runs in a single game since 1960. Further, it was the 19th separate occurrence.

Except for an 11-run game in relief by Ron Kline in 1960, all the tough outings were by starting pitchers. Andy Benes had the dubious honor of making this list twice with Jason Marquis appearing three times.

Interestingly, Jackson’s seven innings pitched on Wednesday was the longest outing of any of these 19 forgettable contests over the last 50-plus years.

It was only the third of these games in which four home runs were allowed. The other two were the only 13-run outings – from Jim Busby in 1996 and Marquis in 2006. Marquis’ game is the unofficial leader in frustration as all 13 of his runs were earned.

10 or more runs against one St. Louis Cardinals pitcher, single game, since 1960

Cards pitcher

Date

Opp

Rslt

App,Dec

IP

H

R

ER

BB

SO

HR

Jason Marquis

6/21/2006

CHW

L 5-13

GS-5 ,L

5

14

13

13

1

3

4

Mike Busby

4/7/1996

ATL

L 3-13

GS-4 ,L

4

9

13

8

4

4

4

Jaime Garcia

5/28/2011

COL

L 4-15

GS-4 ,L

3

11

12

11

4

6

1

Jason Marquis

7/18/2006

ATL

L 5-14

GS-5 ,L

5

14

12

12

2

4

3

Mitchell Boggs

7/3/2008

NYM

L 1-11

GS-6 ,L

6

10

11

10

6

2

1

Darryl Kile

4/13/2000

COL

L 6-12

GS-2 ,L

1

8

11

8

1

1

2

Ron Kline

1960-08-07 (1)

CIN

L 4-18

3-8

5

11

11

9

3

4

1

Edwin Jackson

8/3/2011

MIL

L 5-10

GS-7 ,L

7

14

10

8

1

6

4

Mike Maroth

7/19/2007

ATL

L 1-10

GS-5 ,L

5

11

10

10

3

0

2

Jeff Suppan

7/5/2006

ATL

L 4-14

GS-4 ,L

3

9

10

9

2

1

0

Jason Marquis

6/21/2005

CIN

L 4-11

GS-3 ,L

2

7

10

6

3

1

2

Dan Haren

6/10/2004

CHC

L 3-12

GS-4 ,L

3

10

10

10

3

0

1

Andy Benes

4/15/2002

ARI

L 5-14

GS-4 ,L

3

6

10

3

4

0

0

Matt Morris

4/5/2001

COL

L 2-11

GS-4 ,L

3

11

10

6

1

1

2

Andy Benes

4/4/2001

COL

L 9-13

GS-3 ,L

2

9

10

10

2

2

2

John Urrea

5/25/1978

MON

L 2-11

GS-4 ,L

4

6

10

3

0

1

0

Jerry Reuss

6/28/1971

PIT

L 5-11

GS-3 ,L

3

10

10

10

2

4

0

Steve Carlton

7/26/1970

CIN

L 5-12

GS-5 ,L

4

9

10

10

1

4

3

Bob Gibson

5/19/1963

CIN

L 6-10

GS-6 ,L

6

9

10

5

4

4

0

Jackson is no stranger to double-digit mound outings. He suffered through a ten-run defeat last April 27 while with Arizona and followed it with an eight-run spanking in his next start. Earlier this season, on April 23, he allowed eight runs while toiling for the White Sox.

In some cases, it was relatively early in their careers though. As I noted at the end, Jackson has had a number of clunkers over the years. Seems to be more of a feast or famine guy than most, though I don’t have the data to support the perception.

Question for you Brian. I want to go to Springfield and see Shelby Miller pitch. Does Springfield have a regular 5 man rotation? I know Shelby pitched last night so if I count every 5 days from there will I be able to get an accurate read of when he next pitches in Springfield?